Truth is the First Casualty of War
In the old communist countries, comrades who fell out of favor were crudely cut out of photographs. Today in the Digital Era it’s easy to electronically eliminate a person and/or their work. Take Chris Hedges. His show On Contact was aired on RT, a Russian state TV network. It was on YouTube when suddenly its six-year archive of programs disappeared. Hedges said this, “I vanished. In totalitarian systems you exist, then you don’t. I have a hard time seeing how a detailed discussion of Ulysses or the biographies of Susan Sontag and J. Robert Oppenheimer had any connection in the eyes of the most obtuse censors in Silicon Valley with Vladimir Putin.” And then he warns, “If this happens to me, it can happen to you.”
Speaker
Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges is an award-winning journalist who has reported from the Balkans, the Middle East and Central America. Cornel West calls him, “The greatest radical writer and journalist of our generation.” He writes a weekly column for scheerpost.com and was host of On Contact on RT TV. He is the author of many books including American Fascists, Empire of Illusion, Death of the Liberal Class, Wages of Rebellion, America: The Farewell Tour and Our Class.
Listener in CA –
Fantastic! Should be required listening!
listener in WA –
THE CHRIS HEDGES INTERVIEW IS THE BEST! GREAT SHOW!
California Listener –
Chris Hedges’ “Truth is the First Casualty of War” was discussed so brilliantly. Your questions and pacing of the interview were also brilliant.
Ted Syp –
I could not listen in depth because I was working at the time, but Mr hedges said so many straightforward and obvious things that I never hear said by mainstream media or by many of the less mainstream critics of our current situation.
I need to listen again to take in the whole of his argument.
Thanks for your programming. I hear it on CIUT in Toronto and it’s one of the best.
Colorado listener –
Awesome—thank you!
Florida listener –
This program is extraordinary! I thought about it for days. Heavy!!! Sobering!!! My friend, Marilee and I listened last Thursday and then discussed it for an hour. She summed it up by saying the “military” – “Eisenhower” – and I said Military-Industrial Complex. He talks fast, packs info in, and it’s a challenge to keep up! We LOVE him and notify each other when he’s on. Thank you David!!!! It is such a treat to hear him!